Is Mark Twain Elementary School a good school?

Mark Twain Elementary School ranks 1048 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Mark Twain Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 479 students attended Mark Twain Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Mark Twain Elementary School?

Students at Mark Twain Elementary School are 39% Asian, 23% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Two or more races, 7% African American.

What schools do graduates of Mark Twain Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Mark Twain Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Gemini Middle School High : Maine East High School

Mark Twain Elementary School

Summary:

Mark Twain Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 479 students in grades K-5 in Niles, Illinois, which is part of the East Maine School District 63. The school has faced several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism, below-average academic performance, and uneven outcomes across student subgroups.

Mark Twain's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams, is below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 25.8% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide, and 29.1% were proficient or better in Math, compared to 28.4% statewide. The school's performance also varies significantly by student subgroup, with Asian and White students performing the lowest, ranking in the bottom 20% of Illinois elementary schools, while English Language Learners and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds perform relatively better, ranking in the top 50% of schools.

When compared to other elementary schools in the immediate vicinity, such as Melzer School, which is also in the East Maine School District 63, Mark Twain generally underperforms. The high chronic absenteeism rate and the socioeconomic diversity of the student population may be contributing factors to the school's relatively lower academic performance. However, the school's strong performance with English Language Learners and low-income students suggests that there may be effective practices in place that could be leveraged to improve outcomes for other subgroups.

Detail:

Public K-5

9401 N Hamlin Ave
Niles, IL 60714-5869

(847) 296-5341

District: East Maine School District 63

SchoolDigger Rank:
1048^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,500

Students who attend Mark Twain Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Gemini Middle School
High:	Maine East High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.9

Number of students: 479

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

39.2%

White:

22.8%

Hispanic:

18.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 64.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mark Twain Elementary School ranks worse than 50.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3^rd among 5 ranked elementary schools in the East Maine School District 63. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.12. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Mark Twain Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the East Maine School District 63. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mark Twain Elementary School is $16,500, which is the lowest among 5 elementary schools in the East Maine School District 63!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mark Twain Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mark Twain Elementary School 1048^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Mark Twain Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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East Maine School District 63:

SchoolDigger ranks East Maine School District 63 453^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mark Twain Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	65.31	851^st	2020	57.9%
2004	53.69	1149^th	2030	43.4%
2005	47.68	1283^rd	2022	36.5%
2006	67.74	788^th	2086	62.2%
2007	57.18	1135^th	2095	45.8%
2008	49.46	1278^th	2092	38.9%
2009	54.73	1162^nd	2120	45.2%
2010	43.73	1416^th	2139	33.8%
2011	47.96	1346^th	2147	37.3%
2012	60.13	1039^th	2166	52.0%
2013	53.71	1088^th	2167	49.8%
2014	42.87	1265^th	2093	39.6%
2015	43.49	1045^th	2052	49.1%
2016	52.15	915^th	2046	55.3%
2017	61.24	718^th	2044	64.9%
2018	66.92	620^th	2037	69.6%
2019	57.05	845^th	2086	59.5%
2021	55.19	751^st	1948	61.4%
2022	50.83	918^th	2082	55.9%
2023	47.34	1007^th	2077	51.5%
2024	45.12	1048^th	2067	49.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	58.30	32^nd	95	66.3%
2023	68.53	32^nd	93	65.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.72	333^rd	718	53.6%
2019	41.38	426^th	743	42.7%
2021	54.62	136^th	537	74.7%
2022	58.50	197^th	768	74.3%
2023	42.14	409^th	788	48.1%
2024	56.08	237^th	826	71.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	32.90	700^th	1113	37.1%
2023	27.76	843^rd	1156	27.1%
2024	33.38	768^th	1195	35.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	82.20	142^nd	1765	92.0%
2019	76.47	232^nd	1816	87.2%
2021	75.88	172^nd	1514	88.6%
2022	61.12	520^th	1763	70.5%
2023	63.76	480^th	1808	73.5%
2024	56.05	655^th	1793	63.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.41	743^rd	1964	62.2%
2019	52.70	897^th	2019	55.6%
2021	63.73	517^th	1680	69.2%
2022	52.68	820^th	1970	58.4%
2023	41.91	1055^th	1957	46.1%
2024	48.42	912^th	1942	53.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.55	624^th	907	31.2%
2024	27.32	683^rd	886	22.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	70.83	496^th	1972	74.8%
2019	57.23	778^th	2019	61.5%
2021	48.61	767^th	1707	55.1%
2022	46.89	943^rd	1977	52.3%
2023	49.65	901^st	1984	54.6%
2024	39.89	1087^th	1959	44.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.08	209^th	242	13.6%
2019	16.09	219^th	243	9.9%
2021	24.68	108^th	134	19.4%
2022	15.20	203^rd	226	10.2%
2023	24.83	190^th	237	19.8%
2024	19.34	190^th	219	13.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.47	299^th	938	68.1%
2019	54.16	358^th	955	62.5%
2023	27.15	769^th	970	20.7%
2024	30.28	690^th	959	28.1%

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Rank History for White students at Mark Twain Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	51.47	696^th	1463	52.4%
2019	45.43	821^st	1462	43.8%
2022	21.17	1208^th	1425	15.2%
2023	20.49	1200^th	1419	15.4%
2024	24.15	1123^rd	1392	19.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Mark Twain Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	347	14	158	37	4	n/a	n/a	0	560
1989	326	17	188	39	8	n/a	n/a	0	578
1990	324	19	192	43	2	n/a	n/a	0	580
1991	302	17	173	46	2	n/a	n/a	0	540
1992	304	18	177	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	547
1993	320	16	161	45	1	n/a	n/a	0	543
1994	301	21	146	45	2	n/a	n/a	0	515
1995	250	27	203	43	1	n/a	n/a	0	524
1996	250	27	203	43	1	n/a	n/a	0	524
1997	239	29	229	56	1	n/a	n/a	0	554
1998	231	24	227	5	65	n/a	n/a	0	552
1999	208	24	241	77	3	n/a	n/a	0	553
2000	172	34	238	94	1	n/a	n/a	0	539
2001	142	31	238	87	3	n/a	n/a	0	501
2002	115	25	223	88	2	n/a	n/a	0	453
2003	115	25	223	88	2	n/a	n/a	0	453
2004	108	19	232	80	1	n/a	n/a	0	440
2005	94	19	201	61	36	n/a	n/a	0	411
2006	99	22	201	68	1	n/a	n/a	5	396
2007	101	24	199	72	1	n/a	n/a	7	404
2008	104	30	201	62	1	n/a	n/a	10	408
2009	105	36	213	69	0	n/a	n/a	7	430
2010	101	30	197	70	0	n/a	n/a	12	410
2011	95	25	174	80	1	0	3	0	378
2012	102	20	170	66	0	0	8	0	366
2013	105	16	184	69	0	0	9	0	383
2014	109	24	168	80	0	0	11	0	392
2015	120	22	140	60	18	0	24	0	384
2016	103	17	145	91	3	0	40	0	399
2017	97	13	134	75	2	1	41	0	363
2018	95	8	101	68	2	1	50	0	325
2019	89	6	91	61	2	0	58	0	307
2020	94	17	189	55	2	0	59	0	416
2021	110	20	191	74	1	0	59	0	455
2022	106	27	187	65	2	0	61	0	448
2023	109	32	188	87	3	0	60	0	479

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mark Twain Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	560	30.5	18.3	n/a
1989	578	28.5	20.2	n/a
1990	580	29.5	19.6	n/a
1991	540	30.3	17.8	n/a
1992	547	30.3	18.0	n/a
1993	543	29.3	18.5	n/a
1994	515	28.3	18.2	n/a
1995	524	28.3	18.5	n/a
1996	524	28.3	18.5	n/a
1997	554	27.3	20.3	n/a
1998	552	27.3	20.2	n/a
1999	553	30.9	17.9	n/a
2000	539	32.9	16.4	n/a
2001	501	29.4	17.0	n/a
2002	453	29.9	15.2	38.4
2003	453	29.9	15.2	38.4
2004	440	25.9	17.0	29.3
2005	411	19.9	20.7	28.7
2006	396	22.6	17.5	33.2
2007	404	26.0	15.5	36
2008	408	21.0	19.4	38.7
2009	430	22.9	18.8	54.6
2010	410	28.4	14.4	47.7
2011	378	26.9	14.0	50.8
2012	366	22.0	16.6	49.7
2013	383	27.1	14.1	61.6
2014	392	23.0	17.0	61.2
2015	384	26.0	14.7	65.9
2016	399	28.0	14.2	55.6
2017	363	30.3	11.9	59.5
2018	325	25.5	12.7	59.7
2019	307	23.7	12.9	59
2020	416	32.5	12.8	48.6
2021	455	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	448	34.5	12.9	49.3
2023	479	34.2	13.9	64.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mark Twain Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	560	30.5	18.3	n/a
1989	578	28.5	20.2	n/a
1990	580	29.5	19.6	n/a
1991	540	30.3	17.8	n/a
1992	547	30.3	18.0	n/a
1993	543	29.3	18.5	n/a
1994	515	28.3	18.2	n/a
1995	524	28.3	18.5	n/a
1996	524	28.3	18.5	n/a
1997	554	27.3	20.3	n/a
1998	552	27.3	20.2	n/a
1999	553	30.9	17.9	n/a
2000	539	32.9	16.4	n/a
2001	501	29.4	17.0	n/a
2002	453	29.9	15.2	38.4
2003	453	29.9	15.2	38.4
2004	440	25.9	17.0	29.3
2005	411	19.9	20.7	28.7
2006	396	22.6	17.5	33.2
2007	404	26.0	15.5	36
2008	408	21.0	19.4	38.7
2009	430	22.9	18.8	54.6
2010	410	28.4	14.4	47.7
2011	378	26.9	14.0	50.8
2012	366	22.0	16.6	49.7
2013	383	27.1	14.1	61.6
2014	392	23.0	17.0	61.2
2015	384	26.0	14.7	65.9
2016	399	28.0	14.2	55.6
2017	363	30.3	11.9	59.5
2018	325	25.5	12.7	59.7
2019	307	23.7	12.9	59
2020	416	32.5	12.8	48.6
2021	455	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	448	34.5	12.9	49.3
2023	479	34.2	13.9	64.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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